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A Yale fraternity has been banned from conducting on-campus activities until August 2016 as punishment for violating the university's sexual misconduct policy at an initiation ceremony last year and then trying to impede the resulting investigation, the university announced this week.

The disciplinary action against Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which comes less than a year after a University of Connecticut chapter of the same fraternity was banned from that campus for five years over hazing allegations, reflects the growing impatience of university officials toward groups that tolerate sexual harassment and cover up their behavior.

In a letter of apology signed by the ''Brothers of SAE'' and sent to the Yale community on Friday morning, the fraternity acknowledged that members had made a presentation at an initiation ceremony last February that violated the university's policy on sexual misconduct, and then tried to hinder the inquiry. In addition to the ban on campus activities, the fraternity is prohibited from using university email systems and bulletin boards or using its name in connection with Yale University.

''The presentation was not supported by the fraternity, nor were members of the fraternity made aware of the content of the presentation prior to its delivery,'' the fraternity wrote in the letter, which was distributed by the university.

The university did not specify how members had violated campus policy. But in a statement, the S.A.E. headquarters said that its own investigation had found that ''two members made inappropriate comments about a female student in the presence of other members.''

Yale's most recent semiannual report on sexual misconduct, which details complaints made to the university and the actions taken to address them, says that it punished a student organization for two years after investigating ''complaints of sexual harassment and retaliation.'' The report says that members of the group, which is not named, ''created a hostile environment.''

Citing its motto, ''The True Gentleman,'' the S.A.E. headquarters said it had imposed sexual assault and harassment-prevention training on the Yale chapter after the incident.

The investigation also prompted the Yale chapter to change its initiation process, the group said in its letter.

In 2011, a different Yale fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, received a five-year ban after members shouted sexually charged chants, including ''No means yes,'' on a residential quadrangle.

While universities often avoid publicizing disciplinary action, the dean of Yale College, Jonathan Holloway, said in a message accompanying the fraternity's letter that the disclosure ''contributes to discussions aimed at improving our campus climate.''

''I intend to keep you similarly informed in the future when I am able, as I am here, to balance confidentiality and the community's reasonable expectation to know about decisions that affect it,'' Mr. Holloway wrote.

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Source: Benjamin Mueller, Yale Restricts a Fraternity After Sexual Misconduct, The New York Times, (Feb. 15, 2016) available at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/nyregion/yale-restricts-a-fraternity-after-sexual-misconduct.html